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A time travel question from our Discord. Eddydrizzle asked:If you could go back in time and bring back one trend (fitness or not) what would it be?Have a question for us? Hit us up on social media and use the hashtag #onegoodquestion. If your question is picked, you’ll get something special from us!Join our Discord for free! https://discord.com/invite/XVvJ5eNzdqCheck out our gym (Third Street Barbell) at ThirdStreetBarbell.com and subscribe for updates about our apparel line at 3sb.co! Local memberships and international fresh fits! Get early access to our NEXT DROP!Check out our brand new podcast website: 50percentfacts.com50% Facts is a Spreaker Prime podcast on OCN – the Obscure Celebrity Network.____Hosted by Mike Farr (@silentmikke) and Jim McDonald (@thejimmcd).Produced by Jim McDonaldProduction assistance by Sam McDonald.Theme by Aaron Moore.Branding by Joseph Manzo (@jmanzo523)

A recent picture of a shirtless, chunky Elon Musk has drawn a lot of conversation online, especially when compared to the equally shirtless, but lean and muscular super talent agent Ari Emanuel (he was the inspiration for the Ari Gold character in the series Entourage). Is it ok to fat shame the richest man in the world, or his he fair game? Or does he really not look that bad? And what about the weird combination mainstream BS and fringe-as-hell BS that Ari is supposedly using to be lean and low-key jacked at 61?We also fell into a healthy discussion about the myths surrounding foot health for all kinds of sports. You can find Joe on Instagram @coachjoehta. You can find Hyperthrive Athletics on IG at @hyperthriveathletics and at hyperthriveathletics.com.Have a question for us? Hit us up on social media and use the hashtag #onegoodquestion. If your question is picked, you’ll get something special from us!Join our Discord for free! https://discord.com/invite/XVvJ5eNzdqCheck out our gym (Third Street Barbell) a

A fun one from our Discord. Keith Honeycutt asked:What is something that never fails to make you laugh?Have a question for us? Hit us up on social media and use the hashtag #onegoodquestion. If your question is picked, you’ll get something special from us!Join our Discord for free! https://discord.com/invite/XVvJ5eNzdqCheck out our gym (Third Street Barbell) at ThirdStreetBarbell.com and subscribe for updates about our apparel line at 3sb.co! Local memberships and international fresh fits! Get early access to our NEXT DROP!Check out our brand new podcast website: 50percentfacts.com50% Facts is a Spreaker Prime podcast on OCN – the Obscure Celebrity Network.____Hosted by Mike Farr (@silentmikke) and Jim McDonald (@thejimmcd).Produced by Jim McDonaldProduction assistance by Sam McDonald.Theme by Aaron Moore.Branding by Joseph Manzo (@jmanzo523)

Haven’t done one of these in a minute. What are our favorite chocolate and non-chocolate candiesWould Mike rather miss an open layup or get posterized for game winning point?What’s our most viewed piece of content…and which are we the most proud of?When is a good time for someone relatively new to lifting to start using accessories? We also discuss a recent survey about high-quality vs. “cheap but trendy” apparel – and we attempt to get to the bottom of the definition of a “power bottom”Have a question for us? Hit us up on social media and use the hashtag #onegoodquestion. If your question is picked, you’ll get something special from us!Listener Resources:Cheap vs. expensive survey.Join our Discord for free! https://discord.com/invite/XVvJ5eNzdqCheck out our gym (Third Street Barbell) at ThirdStreetBarbell.com and subscribe for updates about our apparel line at 3sb.co! Local memberships and international fresh fits! Get early access to our NEXT DROP!Check out our brand new podcast website: 50percentfacts.com5

The Friday question from our Discord:EvilFern asked: What's the most disrespectful thing you've seen happen in a gym?

We take a look at the 2022 Netflix film “Hustle” starring Adam Sandler, Queen Latifa, and more NBA cameo appearances than maybe any movie ever. Can an aging basketball scout make an NBA star out of a street baller from Spain? Is this basketball Rocky? Or basketball Creed?Dean Saddoris of Caffeine & Kilos is back for this discussion. Mike kicks us off with a question: Is there any upside for a celebrity or athlete to discuss whether they’re natty or not? Why even bother to address steroids at all? You can find Dean on IG @deansaddoris.ck and at caffeineandkilos.comListener resources. More about HustleHave a question for us? Hit us up on social media and use the hashtag #onegoodquestion. If your question is picked, you’ll get something special from us!Join our Discord for free! https://discord.com/invite/XVvJ5eNzdqCheck out our gym (Third Street Barbell) at ThirdStreetBarbell.com and subscribe for updates about our apparel line at 3sb.co! Local memberships and international fresh fits! Get early access to o

Avi Lieu, who is a coach herself, is back to help us with this one.msoli7 from our Discord asked:What are some of the coaching cues you hate the most? or completely disagree with?

Like a lot of PL-based gyms, Third Street Barbell has a mixture of competitive powerlifters and regular folks concentrating on strength and fitness. We honestly didn’t expect to have a lifter earn a pro card this early in our history. At USAPL Mega Nationals in June, Avi Lieu placed fifth with a 430kg/948lbs total at 54.45kg / 120.04lbs bodyweight for a 507.86 DOTS coefficient. She hit a 152.5kg / 336.20lbs squat, 85kg / 187.39lbs bench press, and a 192.5kg/424.39lbs deadlift.We talk about the importance of lifting environment, good coaching, and learning to see yourself as a genuinely strong person. You can find Avi on Instagram @avi.lieuHave a question for us? Hit us up on social media and use the hashtag #onegoodquestion. If your question is picked, you’ll get something special from us!Join our Discord for free! https://discord.com/invite/XVvJ5eNzdqCheck out our gym (Third Street Barbell) at ThirdStreetBarbell.com and subscribe for updates about our apparel line at 3sb.co! Local memberships and internatio

This week’s question from our Discord: ArrogantFool asked:“What would your guys' ideal, non-intrusive, fan encounter in the wild?”We broadened this question to include how we try to act as fans. Have a question for us? Hit us up on social media and use the hashtag #onegoodquestion. If your question is picked, you’ll get something special from us!Join our Discord for free! https://discord.com/invite/XVvJ5eNzdqCheck out our gym (Third Street Barbell) at ThirdStreetBarbell.com and subscribe for updates about our apparel line at 3sb.co! Local memberships and international fresh fits! Get early access to our NEXT DROP!Check out our brand new podcast website: 50percentfacts.com50% Facts is a Spreaker Prime podcast on OCN – the Obscure Celebrity Network.____Hosted by Mike Farr (@silentmikke) and Jim McDonald (@thejimmcd).Produced by Jim McDonaldProduction assistance by Sam McDonald.Theme by Aaron Moore.Branding by Joseph Manzo (@jmanzo523)

After a break for illness and injury, we’re back in the studio to talk about our trip to USAPL Mega Nationals. Is there an opening for more high-profile powerlifting meets? Have a question for us? Hit us up on social media and use the hashtag #onegoodquestion. If your question is picked, you’ll get something special from us!Join our Discord for free! https://discord.com/invite/XVvJ5eNzdqCheck out our gym (Third Street Barbell) at ThirdStreetBarbell.com and subscribe for updates about our apparel line at 3sb.co! Local memberships and international fresh fits! Get early access to our NEXT DROP!Check out our brand new podcast website: 50percentfacts.com50% Facts is a Spreaker Prime podcast on OCN – the Obscure Celebrity Network.____Hosted by Mike Farr (@silentmikke) and Jim McDonald (@thejimmcd).Produced by Jim McDonaldProduction assistance by Sam McDonald.Theme by Aaron Moore.Branding by Joseph Manzo (@jmanzo523)

This episode completes our basic macro rewind trilogy with Eric Helms. This was the fourth episode of the show, but the third we recorded back in 2018. We’ll be back with brand new episodes next week.Original show notes:We spend a few minutes discussing the documentary “Transformer” about Janae Marie Kroczaleski…and our small part in it. We also discuss streaming services and how hard it is to get everything we want to watch in one place these days.Then, we jump into fat. We know that fat has the most calories per gram of the three macros, and that people on ketogenic diets eat a lot of it. Beyond that, we have a lot more questions:Why does fat make everything delicious?Is oil just liquid fat?Do you burn more fat when you eat more fat?Are there really good fats and bad fats?Eric Helms, PhD. helps us figure these things out.Our ideas about the question start around 12:45.Eric runs down the facts starting at around 19:13. Eric has a BS in fitness and wellness, an MS in exercise science, a second masters in spor

Today’s ep is another episode. This time back to episode 2 of the show, We dive into some basic nutrition of facts about carbs. We were joined by the always awesome Eric Helms!Original show notes:Our second episode is a look at a second macronutrient: carbohydrates.After a quick discussion about the fact that we’re probably both HSP (Highly Sensitive People), we talk about some of our goals for the show and ways that you can get involved.We run down some of our basic “knowledge” about carbs, but were left with a few questions:Are some sugars better than others?If all sugars end with “-ose?”Do you sound like a douche if you use the term CHO?Then, we bring in Eric Helms, PhD. to help us get our facts straight. Before it’s over, he also warns of the dangers of “PubMed Ninjas.”Eric has a BS in fitness and wellness, an MS in exercise science, a second masters in sports nutrition, a PhD in strength and conditioning, and is a research fellow for AUT at the Sports Performance Research Institute New Zealand.Our ideas

Today’s ep is a rewind back to episode 1, where we went looking for some basic facts about protein. We were joined by the always awesome Eric Helms!Original show notes:We’re kicking this new show off by asking seemingly basic questions about diet and nutrition. First up, “What is (dietary) protein anyway?"After a quick catch-up session, we talk through the “facts” of what we think we know about this question – which, of course raises even more questions like...How much protein do you really need?What’s a complete protein?How many essential amino acids are there?Then, we bring in Eric Helms, PhD. to give us the low down.Eric has a BS in fitness and wellness, an MS in exercise science, a second masters in sports nutrition, a PhD in strength and conditioning, and is a research fellow for AUT at the Sports Performance Research Institute New Zealand.Our ideas about the question start around 10:10.Eric runs down the facts starting at around 20:25.Huge thanks to Eric for being our expert. You can find him at 3DMuscl

This week’s question from our Discord: Keith Honeycutt asked:“(After 2 years of having Third Street up and running. Have you guys gotten to the membership count you expected or wanted to be at? Does the gym have a high Turnover of members?What’s one small thing you would have done differently in regards to the gym.”It’s really been more like a year and a half, and if you count “the world” opening back up, it’s been less than that. We tackled the questions anyway. Have a question for us? Hit us up on social media and use the hashtag #onegoodquestion. If your question is picked, you’ll get something special from us!Join our Discord for free! https://discord.com/invite/XVvJ5eNzdqCheck out our gym (Third Street Barbell) at ThirdStreetBarbell.com and subscribe for updates about our apparel line at 3sb.co! Local memberships and international fresh fits! Get early access to our NEXT DROP!Check out our brand new podcast website: 50percentfacts.com50% Facts is a Spreaker Prime podcast on OCN – the Obscure Celebrity Ne

This is our first shot at taking a look at a huge box office hit (Top Gun – 1986) that Mike had never seen and combined that with the opportunity to watch its huge box office hit sequel (Top Gun – Maverick). Dan Stornaiuolo (@bigdan916) joined us to compare these fighter jock flicks. Is the new one actually better? Is there volleyball? Does a sports movie have to have sports to be a sports movie? Spoiler warning for both movies, but if you haven’t seen the first one 36 years after it was released we can’t really help you. Have a question for us? Hit us up on social media and use the hashtag #onegoodquestion. If your question is picked, you’ll get something special from us!Join our Discord for free! https://discord.com/invite/XVvJ5eNzdqCheck out our gym (Third Street Barbell) at ThirdStreetBarbell.com and subscribe for updates about our apparel line at 3sb.co! Local memberships and international fresh fits! Get early access to our NEXT DROP!Check out our brand new podcast website: 50percentfacts.com50% Facts i

This week’s question from our Discord: “other_oswald” asked “Is there value for the average lifter in regularly visiting a chiropractor or is it a waste of money?”If you’ve done this, what did you feel you got for from it? Have a question for us? Hit us up on social media and use the hashtag #onegoodquestion. If your question is picked, you’ll get something special from us!Join our Discord for free! https://discord.com/invite/XVvJ5eNzdqCheck out our gym (Third Street Barbell) at ThirdStreetBarbell.com and subscribe for updates about our apparel line at 3sb.co! Local memberships and international fresh fits! Get early access to our NEXT DROP!Check out our brand new podcast website: 50percentfacts.com50% Facts is a Spreaker Prime podcast on OCN – the Obscure Celebrity Network.____Hosted by Mike Farr (@silentmikke) and Jim McDonald (@thejimmcd).Produced by Jim McDonaldProduction assistance by Sam McDonald.Theme by Aaron Moore.Branding by Joseph Manzo (@jmanzo523)

Should there be more coordination around the timing of the biggest events in strength sports? Is there so little overlap among the different fan bases that it doesn’t matter? We also break down our thoughts on the different competitive formats of the sports. Mike starts us off with his quest to find something to make Greek yogurt more palatable. Have a question for us? Hit us up on social media and use the hashtag #onegoodquestion. If your question is picked, you’ll get something special from us!Join our Discord for free! https://discord.com/invite/XVvJ5eNzdqCheck out our gym (Third Street Barbell) at ThirdStreetBarbell.com and subscribe for updates about our apparel line at 3sb.co! Local memberships and international fresh fits! Get early access to our NEXT DROP!Check out our brand new podcast website: 50percentfacts.com50% Facts is a Spreaker Prime podcast on OCN – the Obscure Celebrity Network.____Hosted by Mike Farr (@silentmikke) and Jim McDonald (@thejimmcd).Produced by Jim McDonaldProduction assistance

This week’s question from our Discord goes like this: EvilFern asked: Does it get tiring answering the same fitness questions for years on end?Does basic fitness information ever really change? Is everyone just searching for a magic bullet? The ultimate hack? The One Weird Trick? As content creators, can we ever provide enough basic information for newbies? Have a question for us? Hit us up on social media and use the hashtag #onegoodquestion. If your question is picked, you’ll get something special from us!Join our Discord for free! https://discord.com/invite/XVvJ5eNzdqCheck out our gym (Third Street Barbell) at ThirdStreetBarbell.com and subscribe for updates about our apparel line at 3sb.co! Local memberships and international fresh fits! Get early access to our NEXT DROP!Check out our brand new podcast website: 50percentfacts.com50% Facts is a Spreaker Prime podcast on OCN – the Obscure Celebrity Network.____Hosted by Mike Farr (@silentmikke) and Jim McDonald (@thejimmcd).Produced by Jim McDonaldProductio

We took on the sometimes confusing and stylistically odd documentary Tyson, about the life and career of the often confusing and confounding former heavyweight boxing champ, Mike Tyson. Seemingly shot and edited in a style intended to convey just what goes on inside the head of one of the most electric sports figures ever, we break down what worked and didn’t work for us. More than anything, we were fascinated by all the crazy things he accomplished through brute strength and sheer force of will. Dean Saddoris of Caffeine & Kilos is back for this discussion. You can find Dean on IG @deansaddoris.ck and at caffeineandkilos.comListener resources:Because there are so many Tyson docs, this is the one we watched. Have a question for us? Hit us up on social media and use the hashtag #onegoodquestion. If your question is picked, you’ll get something special from us!Join our Discord for free! https://discord.com/invite/XVvJ5eNzdqCheck out our gym (Third Street Barbell) at ThirdStreetBarbell.com and subscribe for

Before we get into this week’s question, we kick around some theories about why we keep seeing videos of broken wrists and arms during squats. This Friday’s question from our Discord -- coco5294 asked: “When is it necessary to start wearing a belt?”Have a question for us? Hit us up on social media and use the hashtag #onegoodquestion. If your question is picked, you’ll get something special from us!Join our Discord for free! https://discord.com/invite/XVvJ5eNzdqCheck out our gym (Third Street Barbell) at ThirdStreetBarbell.com and subscribe for updates about our apparel line at 3sb.co! Local memberships and international fresh fits! Get early access to our NEXT DROP!Check out our brand new podcast website: 50percentfacts.com50% Facts is a Spreaker Prime podcast on OCN – the Obscure Celebrity Network.Hosted by Mike Farr (@silentmikke) and Jim McDonald (@thejimmcd).Produced by Jim McDonaldProduction assistance by Sam McDonald.Theme by Aaron Moore.Branding by Joseph Manzo (@jmanzo523)